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Is Alcohol Consumption Harmful After Placing 3 Stents In January 2015?
Question: I had 3 scents implanted in January 2015. I just want to know whether drinking beer or alcohol is harmful for me. Or how much alcohol can I take weekly?
Brief Answer:
Alcohol must be stopped after having 3 stenting.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome to HCM.
I have read your query and understand your concern about 3 stent insertion in your heart in this year. Drinking beer or alcohol of any type would be harmful in this situation.
Alcohol has a direct toxic effect on the heart and is very injurious to health.
To explain this in more in details, you must be taking various types of drugs to lower blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides and anti platelets drugs as prescribed by your treating physician or cardiologist.
All these drugs are designed to lower the risk factors to the heart.
Alcohol is a big risk factor in heart disease as heavy drinking causes a direct toxic effect on the heart, increases triglycerides and cholesterol, blood pressure and can lead to stroke, heart attack, liver and heart failure.
Also there is a increased chances of atherosclerosis because of alcohol intake,so the chances of stent failure are too high due to it.
For this reason,You need to stop alcohol drinking completely in my advice.
However,we will discuss it in more details,if you could provide me some more information regarding your age,cardiac evaluation reports and other medical illness if any.
Hope this will help you.
Regards,
Dr.Sandip kabra
Alcohol must be stopped after having 3 stenting.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome to HCM.
I have read your query and understand your concern about 3 stent insertion in your heart in this year. Drinking beer or alcohol of any type would be harmful in this situation.
Alcohol has a direct toxic effect on the heart and is very injurious to health.
To explain this in more in details, you must be taking various types of drugs to lower blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides and anti platelets drugs as prescribed by your treating physician or cardiologist.
All these drugs are designed to lower the risk factors to the heart.
Alcohol is a big risk factor in heart disease as heavy drinking causes a direct toxic effect on the heart, increases triglycerides and cholesterol, blood pressure and can lead to stroke, heart attack, liver and heart failure.
Also there is a increased chances of atherosclerosis because of alcohol intake,so the chances of stent failure are too high due to it.
For this reason,You need to stop alcohol drinking completely in my advice.
However,we will discuss it in more details,if you could provide me some more information regarding your age,cardiac evaluation reports and other medical illness if any.
Hope this will help you.
Regards,
Dr.Sandip kabra
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